Register.



No. 707,751. Patented Aug. 26, 1902.

J. ALEXANDER. y

REGISTER.

Applicaion med Dec. 2o, '19014, (no Model.) 2 sham-snm Patented Aug. 26,i902. J. ALEXANDER.

REGISTER.

(Application filed Dec. 20, 1901.)

(No Model.)l

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE ALEXANDER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MARSDENS. SKIDMORE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

REGISTER.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,751, dated August26, 1902.

Application led December 2p, 1901. Serial No. 86,626. (No model.)

T0 all w/tom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEssE ALEXANDER, a citizen of the United States,residing at the borough of Brooklyn, New York city, New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Apparatus,of which the'following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to registering devices.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, economical, durable,and .effective construction. The device is useful wherever itis desiredto keep a consecutive count. For example, it can be used to advantage inconnection with a type-writer,whereby each Word Written upon thetype-writer may be registered.

The preferred form of the apparatus is shown in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of my register. Fig. 2is a transverse sectional view through the casing and showing some ofthe internal parts in elevation. Fig. 3 is a similar View taken upon adifferent plane from that of Fig. 2. Fig. isacross-section taken throughthe centerof the apparatus, showing the parts in one position. Fig. 5 isa similar vieWshoW- ing the parts in another position. Figs. G, 7, 8,and 9 are elevations of details of construction.

l is a shell or casing.

2 is a dial having suitable graduations around its face registering thedesired number of units. Ytithin the dial-face 2 is an opening 3,constituting a window past which pass numerals or other units borne byan internal disk or dial located underneath the dial 2 and provided toindicate certain multiples of the units marked upon the dial 2.

4 is a pointer centrally mounted relatively to the dial 2 and rotated inthe manner hereinafter described to traverse successively the unitsindicated thereon. ln the particular form shown numerals are arrangedaround the periphery of the disk 2 to register 5O.7 When the pointer 4has completed the circle of the dial 2, the interior dial bearing themultiple-numbersis advanced one step. Conveniently placed is a meanswhereby the registering mechanism may be east off, so that the'pointerand interior dial Will return to Zero. The operating means comprise acontrolling lever or handle 5, pivoted at 6 and carrying a pawl havingtwo arms 7 and 7l.

Sis a toothed wheelrigidly mounted upon a central arbor 9. The arbor 9has suitable bearings in the frame or easing 2 and may be moved up anddown therein, as illust-rated in the different positions, Figs. eand 5.A spring lO serves to normally keep the upper end of the arbor 9 in theelevated position. When the operating-handle 5 is moved, the arm 7 ofthe pawl engages with the toothed wheel 8 and pushes it ahead. theoperating-handle 5 causes the arm '7l of said pawl to move toward saidwheel 8 until it engages with the same, so as to check its movement andprevent its overrunning, as might happen should a sharp quick blow beimparted to the handle 5. This permits the accurate registering of asingle number at each stroke or operation of the handle 5. The teeth inthe wheel S are preferably deeply notched, as best shown in dottedlines, Fig. 3. Directly above the wheel 8 is a disk ll, and 12, Fig. 5,is a pin carried by said disk, which projects downwardly and may enterthe deep notch between any two of the teeth upon the wheel S.Consequently, when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 4, ifmotion is imparted to the toothed Wheel S similar movement will beimparted to the disk ll. lVhen the toothed wheel 8 is depressed, asshown in Fig. 5, it will be freed from the pin l2, so that the saidtoothed wheel and the plate ll are entirely free and independent of oneanother. In order to permit the depression of the toothed Wheel 8Without disengaging it from pawl 7, the bill or point of the pawl 7 ispreferably broadened, as shown in Fig. 5. The rotation of wheel 8 whenthe parts are in the position shown in Fig. 4 rotates the disk ll, whichin turn causes the pointer ft to pass around the dial. The rotation ofthe plate 11 in a forward direction winds up spring lehwhich spring issecured atone end to said disk and at the other end to a circular platel5, loosely mounted upon the sleeve 13 or av portion thereof. The platel5 will be termed herein the tension-disk. The sleeve 13 is The movementof IOO provided with a shoulder 131,` which bears against a stationarypartit-ion or bridge 16 of the frame, and the distance between saidshoulder and the upper side of the disk 11 affords sufficient space forfree action of the spring 14. A bell-crank lever having arms 17 171 ispivoted in the frame 16. The arm 17 may carry a stop-shoulder 172.

111 is a pin carried by the disk 11 and adapted when the plate returnst'o its normal position to bear against the stop 172, as best shown inFigs. 3 and 7. When the operatinghandle 5 is worked, the disk 11 isrevolved step by step, thus taking the pin 111 away from theshoulder-stop 172 step by step. Just before the disk 11 has complet-edone rotation it will be seen that the pin 111 will contact with anincline on the under side of the arm 17 and will push said arm awayinsuch manner as to free the stop 172 from a projection 151 on thetension-disk 15. This tilting of the lever-arm 17 causes the other arm171 to projectinto the path of movement of pin 152 on the under side'oftension-disk 15. It will be seen that the advance rotation of the disk11 increases the tension on spring 14, which tension reaches its highestpoint at about the moment the said disk has completed one revolution..At this moment the stop 172 is retracted, freeing the disk 15, whichunder the inueuce of the spring 14 turns approximately half-way aroundand is then checked by the stop or pin 152 engaging with the end of thelever 171, which is temporarily held in position by means of the pin111, carried by disk 1l. The parts are shown in this position in Fig. G.This movement partially lets down the tension of the spring 14. The nextmovement ofthe operating-handle 5 moves the disk 11 and frees the pin111 from the lever 17, whereupon the latter is returned toits normalposition-for example, by aspring 173. This movement returns the stop 172to its original position at the same moment the arni 171 is moved awayfrom the pin 152, and the tension-disk 15 is released and completes itsrevolution, returning to the position shown in Figs. 3 and 7. Thismechanism is provided to let down the tension of the spring 14, so thatthe pointer may be revolved as many times as desired. If the tension ofthe spring were let down in one step, the shock might be so great as toloosen or otherwise impair parts of the apparatus. To that end,therefore, I prefer to let the spring down by two or more steps.

From the description thus far it will be seen how the apparatus may beoperated to register by means of the pointer 4 and how a spring tensionwill always be afforded to yieldingly oppose the advance of the partsand to consequently afford a means for returning the parts to theiroriginal position when they are released. To release the parts, asbefore suggested, the upper end of the arbor 9 is depressed, freeing thewheel 8 from the disk 11, whereupon the said disk 11 is released andreturns to its normal position, bringing the pointer to Zero.

In the particular construction shown the pointer 4 registers units from1 to 50and then repeats. Should it be desirable to register more than50, the internal dial previously referred to registers step by step ateach complete circuit of the pointer 4. This step-by-step rotation ofthe internal dial is eifected as follows:

18 is the internal dial. The dial is loosely mounted upon a sleeve orbearing carried by the stationary part 16. The hub of the dial 18 bearsa heart-shaped cam 19.

2O is a spring-pressed pivoted arm the free end of which bearsyieldingly against the outer edge of the cam 19, so as to impart to saiddial 18 the normal tendency to return to the zero position, theheart-cam being so placed that the low point will cause the zero-markupon the dial 18 to come opposite the window in the dial 2, as shown inFig. 1. Any suitable spring-pressure may be provided to cause the end ofthe arm 2O to bear against the said heart-cam 19.

21 is a toothed wheel secured underneath the internal dial 18. Meshingwith this wheel 21 is another toothed Wheel 22, carried on a spindle 23,having suitable bearings in the frame.

24 is another toothed wheel carried by the spindle 23, the teeth ofwhich will project close to the periphery of the disk 11 when the partsare in their normal position.

25 is a circular plate carried by the spindle 23, said plate projectingunderneath the toothed wheel 8. The spindle 23 is capable of beingdepressed at the same time as the spindle 9. A spring 26 normally7 holdsthe spindle 23 and its associate parts in the normal position (shown inFig. 4) in which the wheel 24 stands adjacent the edge of the disk 11.i/Vhen the spindle 9 is depressed,it will engage with the plate 25 andcause the depression of the spindle 23 and the associated parts,including the toothed wheel 24, so that the parts will assumeapproximately the position indicated in Fig. 5, in which the toothedwheel 24 is below the plane of the disk 11.

27 is a tooth or projection upon the perimeter of disk 11, which once ineach revolution engages with the toothed wheel 24 and causes the partialrotation of said wheel and the associated parts. This partial rotationimparts to the toothed wheel22 a similar movement, which in turn impartsto the internal dial 18 rotary movement sufficient to move the said dialone step.

28 is a spring which yieldingly bears against the toothed wheel 22 withsufficient force to prevent its turning loosely. The tooth or projection27 on the disk 11 is so placed that when the pointer 4 has aboutcompleted one circuit the said tooth will engage the wheel 24 and causethe advance of the internal dial one step to indicate the total of thenumber of units in one revolution of the pointer 4.

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vor-msi For example, the number next following the Zero-mark upon theinternal dial 1S would be in the particular form shown, the next mark100, and so on. In this wayaconsecutive count is maintained. At any timethe user may return both the pointer 4 and the dial 18 to the Zeroposition by simply depressing the spindle il. The depression of thisspindle frees the plate ll, which rotates under the intluence ofthespring 14 and brings the pointer et back to the zero position, as beforedescribed. VThe same movement depresses the plate 25 and the spindle 23,thereby freeing the wheel 22 from the toothed wheel 2l, whereupon by theaction of the heart-shaped cam 19 the internal diallS is brought back tothe zero position.

I claim- 1. In a registering apparatus, a pointer adapted to traverse aseries ot unit graduations, a disk having a sleeve extended therefromand revolubly mounted upon a central arbor said pointerbeing carried bysaid sleeve, a toothed wheel lying adjacent to said disk, and meansintermediate of the disk and the wheel for engaging said parts when saidparts are close to each other, and means for moving one of said partsaway from the other to disengage the same, and a lever for actuatingsaid toothed wheel, and a pawl between the said lever and said toothedwheel, said pawl having a forward extension for actuating and advancingsaid wheel, and a rearward extension for checking said wheel to preventits over-running.

2. In a registering apparatus, a stationary units-dial, and graduationsthereon, a rotatable internal dial below said stationary dial, andmultiples of said units thereon, an opening in the stationary dialdirectly above the multiple graduations on the inner dial, a centralarbor carrying a toothed wheel, a disk above said toothed wheel andloosely mounted on said central arbor, a sleeve carried by said disk andextended to a point above the stationary dial, a shoulder on saidsleeve, a stationary internal frame, a tension-frame loosely mountedupon said sleeve and a spring between said tension-frame and said diskone end of said spring being fastened to said tension-frame and theother end to said disk,

and means for letting down the tension of said spring step by step.

3. In a registering apparatus, a stationary dial having a window thereinanda rotatable dial beneath the same, a central arbor, a sleeverevolubly mounted thereon, an index-hand or pointer on said sleeve,reversing devices for said sleeve and dial, movable connections betweenthe same, a toothed wheel connected to the arbor and means for rotatingsaid toothed wheel step by step to increase the tension of the reversingdevice, and means for disconnecting said wheel from said tensiondevices, substantially as described.

4. In a registering device,a dial,a sleevecentrallymountedrelativelythereto,apointercarried thereby, a shoulder onsaid sleeve bearing against the under side of a stationary part, a diskat the lower end of said sleeve, a tension frame and spring between thestationary part and said disk, a toothed wheel loosely mounted on saidsleeve, an internal dial carried by said toothed wheel, a centralspindle loosely projecting through said sleeve and bearing a toothedwheel at its lower end, and means for detachably engaging said toothedwheel with said lower disk, an operating-lever and a twoarmed pawl foractuating and checking the movement of the lower toothed wheel and itsassociated parts, and a counter-shaft bearing a gear in engagement withthe toothed wheel on the internal dial, and another toothed wheelarranged adjacent to the lower disk when in normal position, and a toothon said lower disk, all arranged substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

5. In a registering apparatus, a stationary dial bearing units-marks, amovable dial bearing marks indicating multiples of said units, a pointerand means for causing the same to traverse the stationary dial, andmeans for causing the internal dial to advance one step at each completerevolution of the pointer, a tension-frame and spring-actuated means toturn all of said parts back to the zero position, and means to separatethe parts adjacent to said springs to afford freedom of action.

JESSE ALEXANDER. llitnesses:4

R. C. MITCHELL, L. VREELAND.

